Big Road Blues Discussion Forums

A place to post guitar tabs separately from other discussion so it doesn’t get lost in the messages. To make it easy to search we suggest starting a new thread for each song posted and include the song name in your title. We’ll be able to make a nice archive if we keep tab here and discussion on the other forums.

Bob Brozman covers most of the elements of this song when teaching "Walking Blues" on vol. 1 of his DVD instructional materials. Basically, it is Open G w a "Delta Thumb Slap" followed by a slide on the G string, I think. Pretty easy in theory, but difficult to get it right and to maintain the rthym - that is why I think Son House is so fantastic, because he makes it all sound so easy, yet he plays with such vigour.

Hey, you like what you like. Can't recall hearing John Mellencamp's version of this song. Maybe I'd like it. I like several of his "John Cougar" rockers, but there's a lot of his stuff that doesn't float my boat, either.

I think the same way about alot of songs then again there are some that I like the covers better. Usually I like when the song is changed some way and made into the style of the person coverig it. I mean if you aint son house why play like you want to be??

i play DLB pretty well in my opinion but i can't get the thumb snap/slap correct so i just substitute a hard pick for the snap,hey as long as i can sing along with it and it sounds good to the dogs then i'm good!

roadkill46 wrote:i play DLB pretty well in my opinion but i can't get the thumb snap/slap correct so i just substitute a hard pick for the snap,hey as long as i can sing along with it and it sounds good to the dogs then i'm good!